1
as in absurd
conceived or made without regard for reason or reality
an unreal claim that is distant from the slightest hint of truth
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2
as in imaginary
not real and existing only in the imagination
the unreal world of TV sitcoms
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Recent Examples of unreal
And the young guys taking steps, like Leo (Carlsson), Cutter (Gauthier), have been unreal.
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
Until outlets close to the regime confirmed it, the news felt unreal.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Looking back on 10 years seems a little unreal, says Juliana Calloway.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
Evergreens in thick blankets of snow look almost unreal, like something out of Finnish Lapland or the pages of a Narnia novel.
—Claire Sibonney, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 5 Mar. 2026
Until outlets close to the regime confirmed it, the news felt unreal.
—Pegah Banihashemi, Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
Looking back on 10 years seems a little unreal, says Juliana Calloway.
—Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 25 Feb. 2026
Evergreens in thick blankets of snow look almost unreal, like something out of Finnish Lapland or the pages of a Narnia novel.
—Claire Sibonney, Travel + Leisure, 23 Feb. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unreal
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Which is an absurd list of options for a kid who barely played high school ball.—
Dana O’Neil,
CNN Money,
27 Mar. 2026
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The question of whether California should abolish property taxes almost seems absurd.—
Jon Coupal,
Oc Register,
27 Mar. 2026
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Bartle replied that the two Kansas Cities were really one big city, separated only by an imaginary state line.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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In the Williams-Paisley household, even an imaginary man can cause a marital kerfuffle.—
Bryan West,
USA Today,
25 Mar. 2026
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The goggles, the GPS address and the laptop — all of it was strong evidence supporting the bizarre story Denise and Aaron had been telling all along.—
Lauren Clark,
CBS News,
29 Mar. 2026
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His YouTube page, once an online venue for his songs, was more recently dedicated to paranoid rants about his family members, some centering on his relationship with his grandfather, and others where Valdez displayed bizarre behavior like imitating Nazi soldiers.—
Nate Gartrell,
Mercury News,
29 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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One requires election records to be maintained for 22 months, while the other prohibits procuring, casting or tabulating false, fictitious or fraudulent ballots.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
27 Mar. 2026
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Rogen, who in the show plays fictitious studio head Matt Remick, briefly attended the festival in September to do research.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
25 Mar. 2026
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Hatosy’s Titus is the Danforths’ disappointing fail son and the actor keeps his face in a delightfully foolish little pout.—
Amy Nicholson,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Mar. 2026
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Your fast response and decisive actions prevented this foolish criminal act from endangering the rest of the county.—
Christa Swanson,
CBS News,
18 Mar. 2026
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Clavicular is like a blend of Dorian Gray and Patrick Bateman, those fictional creations of gay authors out to probe the sinister side of male vanity.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
27 Mar. 2026
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The prologue that opens Ragtime loudly announces the musical’s epic ambitions as its nine fictional characters and six of its historical figures introduce themselves with third-person narration and shout-singing.—
Manuel Mendoza,
Dallas Morning News,
27 Mar. 2026
Adjective
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If he was convicted, a jury would then have to decide whether Abril was insane when the park shooting occurred.—
Rosalio Ahumada,
Sacbee.com,
26 Mar. 2026
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And the culture is happily playing along in the name of this insane thirst of Stan culture to have something on the other side.—
Jem Aswad,
Variety,
24 Mar. 2026
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Sierra Canyon finished the season 30-1 and is in the conversation for a mythical national championship.—
Tarek Fattal,
Daily News,
26 Mar. 2026
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But Arirang can be frustrating as a collection of sometimes aspirationally simplistic literary concepts from a group with a catalogue of songs brandishing mythic notions and philosophical concepts (sometimes hilariously).—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
24 Mar. 2026
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“Unreal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unreal. Accessed 31 Mar. 2026.
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